Ever wondered how to clean a glass cooktop? Here is a super quick and easy way, with only three ingredients! I use this on my cooktop every day!!

I don’t know about you, but I really like to have a clean kitchen. When my house is a mess the first place I like to clean, is my kitchen! It makes me feel refreshed! I first start by clearing off all the counters and put everything in the sink, then I do the dishes. Then, I clean the counters, which definitely includes the top of my stove!!

I’ll be honest, I hated cleaning the stove when I was younger. But I recently moved into a new home and bought a new stove. Ever since then I have wanted to keep the top of my stove as clean and untouched as possible!! 😀

I found the following process to work really well! You can use this process on one concentrated spot, or you can use it over the whole cooktop! Hope you have as much fun cleaning as I do!

How to Clean a Glass Cooktop:

You’ll need THESE SUPPLIES for the best results to a clean glass stovetop!

Start with a dirty stove 🙂

Sprinkle Dawn Dish soap over the cooktop

Add Baking Soda over the cooktop

Add hydrogen peroxide

Start Scrubbing.. Usually I start by using my fingers. This helps the baking soda and hydrogen peroxide mix in without splattering. Have fun by making designs 🙂 Or letting your kids “help” mom clean using the scrubber! My son loves to help mommy on this step! Sometimes we get creative and draw pictures in the soap 🙂

Wait for a few minutes before washing it off. I usually wait 3 or so minutes. (If I have any other dishes to finish, I do that now).

Now wipe clean!!

Dry stove so there aren’t any streak marks. I like to use a microfiber cloth just so it doesn’t leave any fibers behind that paper towels can leave.

Be blown away with how clean your stovetop is!

Now you have a super clean cooktop and you had a blast doing it!! (My favorite part: playing in the soap!! :D)

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Mandy
on November 2, 2017 at 4:12 am

Baking soda + Dawn + hydrogen peroxide is my goto cleaner for all sorts of things. The hydrogen peroxide is easier to use if you swap out the screw on bottle cap for a spray nozzle. Try this combination for pots and pans with baked on food.

The best thing is wipe stove with a damp paper towel when cool. Then I use Weiman Glass Cook Heavy Duty Cleaner & I spread a little on each burner and wipe it up with paper towel. Shines like it’s brand new. Easy…

THIS WAS EXCELLENT!!!!
The best thing I have ever tried on the internet. I started on the cooktop then I moved to the oven. It worked excellent on both. I think I’ll try the bathroom tile next. The only thing I wished it would work on is weight loss…lol
Thanks for sharing!

Hi Britni,
Just tried this a few minutes ago and my stove top looks 100% better !Had some old, tough, cooked on marks and most of them are gone, I think one more good cleaning and it will be perfect again 😀 Thanks so much for the tip.

I tried this and scratched up the stove top, especially the edges. It was my fault as I used a much too hard bristled brush, I grabbed the one for hard surfaces (like tile and grout). The stove top is cleaner than ever I do admit, but when the light catches the scratches, not so pretty.
As FYI to others – the solution will really get the top clean, but don’t sure a super hard bristled brush to clean with!!! Learn from this girl’s mistake 🙂

This hack is awesome! I’ve used it twice and have been super pleased every time. I do use a ceramic sealer afterward, but to get the stove top clean, I will never use anything else 😉 I was a bit apprehensive with the Dawn, because we don’t have that brand in our country and I know a lot of hacks specify that it must be a certain brand, but our local dish soap worked a charm. Thanks a mill!

Hey Pat, honestly I never measure. I just put the dawn on first, the baking soda next then the hydrogen peroxide last. If it doesn’t turn into a paste, I add more hydrogen peroxide; if it is too runny, I add more baking soda! Then I scrub with my hand the most! If needed I bring out a brush but for the most part I just use good ol’ elbow grease and my hand! 🙂

Hey Mary! Glad you reached out. I’ve honestly used this method for about 4/5 years now. I love it and it has worked for me consistently on 3 different stoves (3 different homes). Good luck, let us know how it goes! 🙂

I was just wondering why you used a different stove to show dirty than you did clean? I can see the difference where the stove and counter tops meet. I don’t doubt your tip works, just trying to figure out why you used two different stove tops. Thanks!

Nope, it’s actually the same stove. The lighting might be different if I edited one picture better than another, but it’s same stove, same countertop.
When I wrote the tutorial I was living in my other house and I wasn’t proud of my countertop so I tried using close-ups so the counters wouldn’t show. I should re-do one with my new stove and countertops (they are really pretty :D)! I’ve actually been thinking of adding a video tutorial to this post, what do you think? Would that help?

haha I feel ya! But try this every so often (I do it about every 4 – 5 days) and it’s a fantastic way to keep on top of it.
I use this method still, 4 years later and it works like a charm. Just play with the different measurements – they don’t have to be exact. And definitely expect to take a few times to wash all the soap off. Good luck! Let us know how it worked for ya!

Once the surface is clean use spray on car wax. Spray and buff. Leaves a protective coat so dirt is much easier to remove. Works on regular stove top as well. Got this tip from our appliance repair man. Have been using it ever since.

You know, over the years I’ve used different kinds but for the most part it’s a mix between either my hand, a sponge (I use the rough side of the sponge), or one of those $1 scrubbers from Ikea. I haven’t ever had a problem of scratching my stove but I imagine if you use something really rough it could. I typically try to use my hand first before adding a scrubber.

Thank u sooooooooo much I was so disappointed I couldn’t get my stove clean. The last one I had for 25 yrs and it was cleaner than the new one. Every one said use a razor blade that made me nervous
So thank u and God bless u

Why use three products when one does the trick? Spray your cooktop with regular oven spray, turn each burner on the lowest heat for a minute or so. Turn off the burners, wipe with a damp paper towel and ‘voila’ the stains are gone. Buff/shine with a clean soft cloth. Works like a charm and I got this info from a local appliance company – I’ve found it a ‘no-fail’ solution!!

Should note: do not walk away and leave for longer than 3 minutes :-)..otherwise you will be putting in some elbow grease to get that dried on baking soda off! Oops..I have cleaning ADHD what can I say..thanks for the tutorial..besides my lack of attention span worked great!

haha yes I’ve had that happen! 🙂 That balance between the right amount of baking soda and dawn is a delicate balance! But the longer I’ve done this the better I’ve gotten at not getting it too soapy! Often times I don’t even wait the 3 minutes. If I see that it has be cleaned enough after scrubbing, I just wash it off after that.

Hi, I just bought a new smooth top stove. I would love to keep the top looking brand new every day. I wanted to ask you can you put these 3 ingredients into a bowl/sprayer bottle then apply it to the stove top? I think that would be a little easier, just a thought:) Thanks for the tip!

I have a white cooktop and it is very difficult to get every spot. I’ll try this because I usually use baking soda that I keep next to the cooktop. Maybe the addition of the other two ingredients will solve the little spots that remain. Thanks for the tip

Hey Jan, I think I know what you are talking about. When it doesn’t seem to work as well as I thought I make sure that the next time I allow for more “soak” time. Let it sit longer. Also, try a little more elbow grease. If you need to add a sponge or brush to scrub a little harder that will help.

I tried this cleaning process just as directed, and had Christmas dinner overflowed and burnt on my glass cooktop. I had scraped some off….this made the rest go away, and it was shiny clean and perfect like new, without much scrubbing at all. Wow a hack that really works and no noxious chemicals:-) The hardest part was getting all of the solution off the glass top, but when it was gone…nothing but beautiful shine.

This is a Pinterest win!!! This worked better than store bought cooktop cleaner. I was ready to contact the company and see if my cooktop was defective. The spots would not come off and I was really unhappy with the look of my cooktop of less than one year! I used a scrub brush and a pampered chef scraper to get off burnt on marks. Thank you for sharing!

I’m sure this works wonders and I will def use it in the future. However, here’s a tip I use after a greasy dinner like bacon. After dinner and everything is clean, I pour some vinegar straight onto my glass cooktop. Take some paper towel and start wiping everything down. First set of paper towels will be wet, toss it out. Grab new dry paper towel and wipe to a sparkle. Thanks for your tip! And I hope you enjoy mine!

I have the exact same stove as pictured. My stain is on the white part next to one of the burner dials beside the timer panel. Will this same method work there? Or do you know something else I could try?

I read this blog today in the morning! And by the evening I tryied ! Wow, it works amazing. I have tried so many things to clean my glass top but nothing works like this! Thank you for sharing this tip to us. Makes my day easy!

I’ve tried this with the baking soda and vinegar but I struggled to get off some burnt on bits after a spill over that wasn’t caught in time. I’ll have to try this to get those last few pieces. Thank you for the tip!